Lai Hang

Lai Hang
Lai Hang
Born	1928; Shanghai, Republic of China
Died	February 9, 1965 (aged 36–37); Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
Cause of death	suicide by hanging
Other names	Henry Lai
Alma mater	Lingnan University
Parents	Lai Man-wai (father); Lim Cho Cho (mother);

Lai Hang (1928 – 9 February 1965) was a Chinese actor who began his acting career at age 4.

Early life

Lai was born in Shanghai, Republic of China. Lai's parents were Japanese-born filmmaker Lai Man-wai and Canadian-born actress Lim Cho Cho.

Career

Lai appeared in many films with his mother in the 1930s. One of Lai's most notable roles was in The Goddess (1934), which was voted one of the top 30 Chinese films of all time at the 2005 Hong Kong Film Awards.

Personal life

Lai is also known as Henry Lai, Henry Lai Hang, and Li Keng.[1]

Though his parents both resided in Hong Kong after the Chinese Communist Revolution, Lai Hang chose to remain in mainland China to dedicate himself to the Communist cause. He was attacked in 1963 during the Socialist Education Movement because his older sister Lai Lan lived in Taiwan with her husband Shen Chang-huan, who was a high-ranking Republic of China diplomat.

Lai's marriage also fell apart, and in 1965 Lai Hang committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree.

Filmography

Film

Year	English title	Original title	Role	Notes
1932	Conscienceless	人道		Lost
1933	Night in the City	城市之夜		Lost
1934	Life	人生		Lost
	Coming Home	歸來		Surviving copy is unedited
	A Sea of Fragrant Snow	香雪海		Lost
	The Goddess	神女	Shuiping
1935	Song of China	天倫
1935	Young China	幼年中國
1936	Gateways of Body and Spirit	靈肉之門
1937	Song of a Kind Mother	慈母曲
1937	A New-Comer's Way	新人道
1938	Rouge Tears	胭脂淚
1940	The Little Hero	小英雄
1941	Good Son, Good Daughter	好兒女
	A Prostitute and a General	賽金花
	Rescue Grandpa	孤兒救祖記
1949	The Way of Love	戀愛之道
1950	Democratic Youth on the March	民主青年進行曲
1952	The Harmful Yiguandao	一貫害人道	Zhang Jianhua
1958	Shanghai Girls	上海姑娘	Xiao Zhao
1963	The House of 72 Tenants	七十二家房客	Does not appear	Assistant director.[2]
1963	The Emperor Looks for a General	齊王求將	Does not appear	Assistant director

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References

"Henry Lai Hang". hkmdb.com. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
"The House of 72 Tenants (1963)". hkmdb.com. 1963. Retrieved October 9, 2019.

External links

Keng Li on IMDb
Henry Lai Hang at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase

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[1] "Henry Lai Hang". hkmdb.com. Retrieved October 9, 2019.

[2] "The House of 72 Tenants (1963)". hkmdb.com. 1963. Retrieved October 9, 2019.